1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

I hope that death contains less than this.

Sometimes there's luck, When there is you stock up on it and wait for the other times

I am this fiery snail crawling home.

I have no time for things that have no soul.

Let it die. Let there be a new beginning. It’s awful. Goodnight.

the last cigarettes are smoked, the loaves are sliced, and lest this be taken for wry sorrow, drown the spider in wine. you are much more than simply dead: I am a dish for your ashes, I am a fist for your vanished air. the most terrible thing about life is finding it gone.

one more creature dizzy with love

Those who escape hell however never talk about it and nothing much bothers them after that

it was like any other relationship, there was jealousy on both sides, there were split-ups and reconciliations. there were also fragmented moments of great peace and beauty. I often tried to get away from her and she tied to get away from me but it was difficult: Cupid, in his strange way, was really there.